Geocaching Australia

I made a tongue-in-cheek comment here some time ago (as an April Fool's Day joke, I think) that gc.com were going to be charging a couple of bucks to list a cache. It has merit, I think! With very few exceptions, an extra $2 wouldn't add much of a percentage of the cost of our caches, but it might ...

As with any activity, there are varying degrees of participation. As long as we cache - there will always be memorable caches and caches that you would prefer to forget. Just as there was the episode with the sock puppet logging caches that "should be archived" a few weeks ago, we will also have a m...

Being relatively new to geocaching (about 15 months), it took me about 8 months and 120 or so finds before I placed my first cache. I admit I have placed a significant number of micros in order to create a series of cache hides to highlight country football, hiding spots were also at a premium. Due ...

Donation made - equivalent to an annual GC membership!

75w is also quite minimal. I was considering a 150w inverter and it was recommended to get the 300w inverter. I also had my wiring ugraded to one of the cigarette adapter points to 15amp so as to run the higher inverter. This plug is far enough away from the others so as not to get confused as to wh...

The GCA Forum index also gives the number of users registered on the forum - some 7,000 or so.

Obvioulsy not all are active!

I agree with c@w comments. Some features should be available only for those that support the site. As a tradeoff, existing members could continue to receive access to what is currently available, new members receive basic access (whatever that may be) and donating/paying members recieve access to ne...

Tas Geocaching Inc. have a bank acct. We will be re-discussing arrangments with them shortly once we figure out what we are going to do. It'll probably be direct xfer/money order type affair unless someone has a bettererer idea. This should alleviate most issues and provided that Tas geocaching Inc...

Membership fee or Donation, I agree with i!, we need to get moving. Set up a paypal link and start the donations ASAP, the longer we talk about it...well you know. Problem with a paypal link is that paypal get a commission on payments made. Similarly, if the paypal link is an individual's, where is...

As much as we would want to keep GCA as open as possible, surely to ensure long term financial viability, some sort of annual membership option must be considered. Financial members will receive access to whatever the developers believe appropriate. Unfinancial members will receive basic access - wh...

I'll bet it's really one of the reviewers doing it! (Just thought I'd get in first! :) ) Just how many hats do you wear!!! Groundspeak need to incorporate some checking process so that only cachers with a certain number of hides and/or finds can suggest a cache be archived. It seems someone has a b...

Rastas, An excellent well complied post. Your points are all valid. An event doesn't just happen - a lot of thought and effort goes on behind the scenes to make it appear as if it just happens. As its unlikely the GCA community will be able to underwrite a Mega Event, maybe the powers that be in GCA...

This is a link to the FIRST UK Mega Event - http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=327acf90-80bc-491c-aedc-0c7a74a71b13 Quite surprising that it has taken so long for the UK to conduct a Mega Event given there population is significantly greater than Australia's. Would seem that we w...

My suggestion put forward would be Canberra/ACT being the capital of Australia and having numerous avenues to get there. Nice and cool in June. :twisted: mm Cool ??? More like Freezing Cold in JUne!!! I'd expect for those travelling from interstate whether it was a long weekend date wouldn't be of ...

zactyl wrote:On the "View posts since last visit" page, there's a small arrow in front of each thread name. Click on that to "View newest post" in the thread, which should be the first unread one for you.

Thank you soooo much - It's amazing what you don't see!!

Jardry